Canada: Fungicide approved to fight potato verticillium wilt
Syngenta’s Aprovia fungicide has become the first fungicide in Canada to be approved to fight verticillium wilt in potatoes, thanks to a recent label expansion. Fumigants have been potato growers’ only option against the crop disease until now
Verticillium wilt, the company said, is “one of the main contributors” to potato early dying complex, which is “widespread across many growing areas, but difficult to identify and effectively manage.”
The label expansion, Phillips said, means Aprovia “can be included as part of a grower’s soil disease management plan to help protect potato quality and yield.”
In potatoes, the expanded label clears Aprovia for in-furrow suppression of verticillium wilt at 750 millilitres of product per hectare (300 ml/acre). At 100-centimetre row spacing, for example, that translates to 7.5 ml of product per 100-metre row.
When applied in-furrow at planting, Syngenta said, Aprovia “works from within the plant to help reduce the foliar symptoms of verticillium wilt that appear later in the season.”
Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/169087/Canada-Fungicide-approved-to-fight-potato-verticillium-wilt
